Dominion resident charged with assault on officers

San Antonio police have charged a man with two counts of aggravated assault on a peace officer after police said the suspect hit the front gate of the Dominion early Sunday and later threatened to shoot two officers.

The suspect, Peter T. Conner, is listed by the Bexar-County Appraisal District as the property owner at 8 Galleria Dr., where the incident took place. According to his LinkedIn profile, Conner is the chairman and CEO of Integritas LLC.

The incident happened about 2:30 a.m. Sunday, according to SAPD Sgt. Javier Salazar, when officers responded to reports of a Dodge Ram pickup hitting the front gate at the entrance to the luxury-home subdivision in northwest Bexar County Dominion security followed him after the driver failed to stop.

Officers tried to make contact at the house when the garage door opened The officers, both in SAPD uniforms, yelled at the man that they were police.

The 57-year-old suspect then “exited the garage in a shooting posture with what (the officers) perceived to be a handgun,” according to the police report. One of the officers fired three rounds at the suspect who “then retreated back into the garage.”

The suspect was not hit. He surrendered and the officers took him into custody.